Main Points
  • Slavery was wrong
  • All slaves should be set free
  • The oppression of women is wrong
  • Women should be treated as equals

Lit. Analysis
  • Symbolism-person, places, or object that stands for something else
    • Chains symbolize shackles and slavery

Reading Strategy
  • Protest Poetry- read the poem three times, every time analyze it more. The first time should be general ideas and figuring out what the story is about, second time determine who the audience is, and the third time how do you fell about the poem, symbols, devices that trigger them, etc.

Work Significance
  • To fee the slaves
  • To get rid of oppression

Connections
§ Declaration of Independence because it talks about the fact that everyone is equal
§ Stories from the Revolutionary War, they were about the fight for independence/freedom and that is what the African Americans wanted as well
§ Civil Disobedience